Enbridge is seeking to reroute a portion of its Line 5 around the Bad River Band`s territory in northern Wisconsin.The rerouting falls within the tribe`s watershed, and tribal advocates argued it poses risks to tribal farming traditions.
Aurora Conley, chair of the Anishinaabe Environmental Protection Alliance and a member of the Bad River Ojibwe, said the potential environmental fallout could be disastrous for the region`s wild rice fields. She explained wild rice, or manoomin, is more than an agricultural commodity to the tribe...
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Ken Notes: The real issue is that Line 5 is in place now, it is old, it has and will continue to fail and we have a one time chance to make it exponentially better. I believe that it will be very difficult to stop or prevent it from being upgraded, so I would rebuild it in such a way that the environmental impact is mitigated... Michigan should also take this approach...
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